Winding



April 14, 1953 w. P. TAYLOR, JR 2,634,916

' WINDING Filed July 5, 1949 6 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR ML n -R 7?DWLORJR T idwumd Maef M?! ATTORNEYS April 14, 1953 w. P. TAYLOR, JR2,634,916

WINDING Filed July 5, 1949 6 Sheets-Sheet 5 f 4 ATToRNEYs April 14, 1953w. P. TAYLOR, JR

WINDING 6 Sheets-Sheet 6 Filed July 5, 1949 Patented Apr. 14, 1953UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WINDING Walter P. Taylor, Jr., New York, N.Y. Application July 5, 1949, Serial No. 103,086

7 Claims.

The invention relates to winding, and more especially to the winding ofiiexible materials such as wire and yarn. It contemplates both a machinefor producing wound coils of fiexible material and the coils soproduced.

In the past, elforts have been made to produce coils or balls eof exiblematerials from which the material could be withdrawn without kinking orsnarling. All previous solutions to this problem have been complicatedand generally unsatisfactory. The primary object of the presentinvention is to provide a new type of coil which is easy to make, andfrom which wire, yarn or the like can be withdrawn readily and withoutdanger of kinking.

I am aware that some flexible materials have heretofore been wound in aseries of figures 8s, but in every case the supplies of material soformed have been laid flat, that is, with the op posing bights of eachlength in substantially the same plane. Such a Winding is bulky, it ishard to handle because it is not self-supporting, and is slow andexpensive to produce. The present invention, in contrast, contemplates acoil formed of a series of figure or multiplex ligure 8 lengths, whichis compact and generally spherical, and which is largelyself-supporting. For this purpose, the coil is made up of windings inthe form` of lengths each forming a ligure 8 or a multiplex ligure 8,with the opposite loops or 'bights wound into sections that lie inplanes which form angles of not more than about 90 degrees with eachother.

A further object of the invention is to produce a coil of this typewhich can be wound easily and economically, and to provide a machine forthe production of such a coil which is easy to construct and simple inoperation.

It is diflicult with present types of machinery to produce long lengthsof a flexible material inV a form in which they can be readily handled.Another object of the present invention is to provide a machine whichwill wind a series of connected coils of the type contemplated, so thatpieces of great length can be produced from which the material can bedrawn without kinking. The machines for obtaining this result are simplein construction and easy to operate,

Still another object of the invention is to produce a coil from whichthe wire or other material is withdrawn between the free ends of the twocentral loops -of a series of figure 3 windings, and from the interiorof the coil. This arrangement simplifies the production of the coil, andmakes it easier to withdrawn the wire from it.

An additional object of the invention is to produce a coil formed of aseries of lengths each constituted by a ligure 8 or multiplex ligure 8,in which the crossing points of successive windings progress around theaxis of the coil, so that the coil is substantially symmetrical aroundthis axis. Such an arrangement is especially desirable in connectionwith large, heavy coils, since it makes them easier toroll over theground when no conveyance is available for carrying them.

Y In winding yarn for weaving, the centrifugal force caused by thespinning action of the outgoing line, as it comes off the usual type ofwinding, puts a definite limit on the speed at which the yarn can bepulled off without breakage or damage. A further object of thisinvention is to provide a practical` winding for .yarn that will allow.it to be pulled from the winding without appreciable back pull due tocentrifugal force.

Further vobjects and advantages of the invention will appear more fullyfrom the following description, especially when taken in conjunctionwith the accompanying drawings, which form a part thereof.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front View of a form of coil embodyi producing coils of thetypes shown in Figs. 1 to 7;

Fig. 9 is a rear view of thismachine;

Fig. 10 is a cross-section on the line Ill-I0 of i Fig. 9;

Fig. 11 shows in side elevation one of the end plates of the machine;

Figs. 12 and 13 are cross-sections on the lines I2--l2 and I3-I3respectively of Fig. 9;

Fig. 14 shows in cross-section a formof divider for use when singlecoils are to vbe formed;

Fig. 15 shows another type of divider, in elevation;

Fig. 16 is a top plan view of the divider of Fig. 15;

Fig. 17 shows in top plan view a modified form of end plate;

Fig. 18 is a side elevation of a spindle for winding nat materials suchas tapes;

Fig. 19 is a cross-section on the line |9-9 of Fig. 18;

Fig. 20 shows in side elevation a machine for producing a coil accordingto the invention in which each winding is composed of multiplex figureBs;

Fig. 21 is an end view of the top part of this machine;

Fig. 22 is a cross-section through the center of the spindle;

Fig. 23 shows a coil produced by this machine;

Figs. 24 and 25 are explanatory diagrams; and

Fig. 26 shows a connected series of packages.v

The coil shown in Figs. 1 to 4 is composed of a series of lengths eachforming a single figure 8. The cross-overs of these lengthssubstantially overlie each other. One length 'may for example consist oftwo bights 2 and 4, crossing each other at 6. The coil is of course madeup of a series of such lengths, wound one upon the next. It will benoted that the planes in which the opposite bights 2 and 4 lie areoblique to each other, these planes being indicated by lines B-l and8-I2 respectively, and that the angle between these planes is less than90 degrees. In actual practice, the cross-overs do not stay exactly ontop of each other, but instead slide off to the sides so as to form asomewhat irregular pattern at the rear of the coil. Nevertheless, thecoil is substantially narrower in the rear than in the front.

The free end I4 of the coil is brought out be- V tween the free ends ofthe bights, a space being maintained in the coil at this point for thispurpose. VWith such an arrangement, successive bights of the coil as itis wound receive opposite twists. When the material is withdrawn fromthe interior of the coil through the space between the bights, thesesuccessive reversed twists counteract each other and the material can bewithdrawn without twist or kink.

When resilient material is wound in such a coil, it is ordinarilysufficiently self-supporting Without any assistance. However, in orderto prevent accidental separation of the coils, it may be desirable toplace one or more strips of some adhesive tape partly around the coil,as indicated at I6 in Fig. 2.

Coils of the type shown in Figs. 1 to 4 are satisfactory for'mostpurposes, especially when they are not too large and heavy. However,they cannot be rolled along the ground very easily, because of theirunsymmetrical shape. For large,

heavy coils which may be taken where vehicles are unavailable, and whichtherefore must be capable of being rolled, the form of coil shown inFigs. 5 to 7 is preferred. This may also be preferable for light coilsbecause of the ease with which cylinders can be fitted to standardpackages.

In this form, as in the one previously described, the coil is formed ofa series of lengths each composed of a gure 8. One of these lengths isindicated by the two bights I8, 20, which are arranged in planes formingan angle of less than 90 degrees with each other. The free end 22 isbrought out between the ends of the bights, through a space maintainedfor that purpose, for the withdrawal of material from. the coil.

However, instead of having the cross-overs at the same point, this formof coil has successive cross-overs progressively shifted around the axisof the coil, so that the coil is substantially a cylinder symmetricalabout the coil axis. Such a coil is easy to roll, and is in additionentirely self-supporting. The cross-overs are indicated 4 for example at24 in Fig. 5. The shifting of cross-overs can be progressively forwardor progressively backward, a positive wind or a negative wind.

Both forms of coil have an opening through them, such opening extendingthrough the opposed bights of the figure 8s. These openings are not usedto receive holders, but must be unobstructed to permit proper withdrawalof the material. No holders areY needed as the coils may remainstationary, without revolution, while being unwound.

Figs. 8 to 13 show a machine for winding the coils previously described.This machine comprises essentially a shaft or spindle mounted forrotation, and provided with an extending divider, with means forshifting the flexible material being wound on the spindle from one sideto the other of the spindle after a prescribed number of revolutions ofthe shaft.

Figs. 8 and 9 show a spindle 25 mounted for rotation in bearings 28 ofthe machine frame, and driven in any suitable manner, as by a motor 3B.The details of this spindle will be described below. Carried by thespindle and extending radially therefrom is a divider 32 which isremovable from the spindle, for example being secured to it by a bolt 34Whose head rests against the end of the divider and which is threaded inthe spindle. The type of divider shown in Fig. l0 is'used when a numberof coils are to be wound in series, in a way to be described, butsimpler forms, of which examples are disclosed hereinafter, may be used.Spindle 26 is also provided with removable end plates :it shown in Fig.11, which are secured on the spindle by wing nuts 38. These end plateslimit the spreading of the coil and aid in making it flat-sided andcompact.

Mounted on one end of the spindle is a gear 40 which, through suitablegearing, causes reciprocation of a link 42 connected at its end to alever 44 fixed on shaft 4E. A second lever 48 on shaft 46 is connectedby a pin and slot to a slide 5U arranged in guides 52 on the frame.

f This slide carries a guiding member composed of a slotted upright 54on which is adjustably mounted an element 56 having a hole through it inalignment with the slot in the sliding guide, and capable of being xedin an adjusted position on the guide by set screw 58.

The parts of the machine heretofore described represent the machineaccording to the invention in a very simple form, and their operationwill be described before the remainder of the device is discussed. Itwill be shown later that the gearing shown has a special function, butis not essential to the broader aspects of the invention, and that thecarrier arrangement shown in Fig. 10 is only required when a connectedseries of coils is to be wound. In the following discussion, the machineshould be considered as if the divider or projection 32 of Fig. 10 werea simple radial pin (Fig. 14).

Assuming that a supply of a flexible material such as wire is suppliedfrom the reel B, this wire is led through the hole in element 5S and issecured to the divider 3?.. The motor is then operated to rotate thespindle and winds the wire on it. At each revolution of the spindle, theslide 53 moves from one end of its path to the other, so that the wirewhich has been on the left hand side, for example, of the divider duringone revollution of the spindle will be on the right hand side during thenext revolution. The divider moves through the part of its travel on theside aeaamc nearest the source of supply when the guide 54 is at one ofthe ends of its path. As a result, at each revolution, a bight is formedaround the spindle lying on one side of the divider, and at the nextrevolution a similar bight is formed on the opposite side. The crossingpoints are on the side opposite the divider in the simplest form of thewinding. `Since such materials are generally somewhat slippery, thesuccessive coils will tend toslip laterally on each other, until theyare stopped by the end pieces 36, after which they will overlie eachother to form a coil. This coil will be of the form shown in Figs. 1 to4.

The gearing arrangement shown in Figs. 8, 9, l2 and 13 is provided so asto vary the travel of the guide 54 and thus to spread the successivecoils along the spindle. Gear 40 drives a gear 62 which is rigid with asomewhat smaller gear 64 on the same shaft. These two gears engageconcentric crown gears 66, G6 respectively. The web of gear 66 has in ita radial slot 10 in which slides a pin T2 the lower end of which issecured in link 42. Two springs 14 connected to this pin and to the gearweb tend to hold the pin close to the axis of the gear. Rigid with gear68 is a cam 16 which engages the top end of pin '12.

This larrangement operates in the following manner: When the parts arein the position shown in Fig. 13, at each revolution of the spindle theguide 54 moves through only a small distance since the pin 'I2 turnsaround its least radius. As the winding proceeds, the diierence betweenthe number of teeth on gears 62 and 64 causes gear 68 to turn slightlyfaster than gear 66 so that cam 'i6 gradually turns with respect to pin'12. This slowly forces the pin outwardly in its slot and thus increasesits radius of rotation and the travel of guide 54. Finally, the outerend of the cam comes opposite the pin and it is released and pulledinward by spring 14 to its original position. 'In this way, the travelof the guide increases at each rotation until a layer of bights or coilshas been laid across the spindle, and the guide is then restored to itsoriginal place and another layer is laid.

In some circumstances, it may be desirable to limit the travel of thewire to an amount less than the travel of the guide. For this purpose,adjustable posts 'i6 slidable along a slot 80 between the guide 54 andthe spindle are provided. These posts will be engaged by the wire andwill thus limit the spread of the coils on the spindle to the spacebetween the posts even though the travel of the guide may be greaterthan this space.

One great advantage of the coils produced according to the invention isthat a series of such coils may be wound connected together so that thematerial may be withdrawn from them successively in an unbroken line.For winding such coils, it is necessary that the coils already wound becarried around with the starting end of the coil being wound, of coursewithout interfering with its winding. For this purpose, the carrier forsuch coils is mounted directly on the divider. As shown in Figs. 8 tol0, the divider 32 has arms 62 having at their ends pins 84 on which arepivoted carrier frame members 86. These frame members support a carriercomposed of a suitable box of light construction for holding previouslywound coils, indicated at 88,. A closure 90 is hinged on the carrier andcontrolled by a latch 92. One of the frame members extends across thespindle to receive counterweights 94.`

Fixedly mounted on the frame above the spindle 26 are two guiding plates96 arranged inv vertical planes inclined towards the source of supply.

This arrangement operates as follows:

yAssume that the parts start in the position shown in Fig. 8, with guide54 moving towards the left, and thatthe spindle rotates in the direc-,tion indicated by the arrow in Fig. 10. During the rst quarter rotationof the spindle, the carrier will move towards the left of Fig. 8. If thecarrier continued to turn in the position shown, it would in the nextquarter turn engage the wire and thus interfere with the winding. At theend of this rst quarter turn, however, the car,- rier engages theguiding plate 96 and is shifted to the right. The momentum of thecarrier,

when it meets this obstacle, is suicientto carry it across to itsfurthermost position to the right. During the second quarter turn, thecarrier moves through its position nearest the guide 54, but at theright hand side of the drawing, while the guide has moved to itsposition farthest to the left. During thenext two quarter turns, thecarrier moves to the angular position shown in Fig. 8 with respect tothe spindle axis, but shifted to the right. During this period, guide 54moves back to its central position. During the next quarter turn, guide54 moves towards the right from its middle position. At the end of thisperiod, carrier 88 engages the right hand guiding plate 96 and isshifted to the left. During the sixth quarter turn, carrier 88 movesaround to the position nearest the guide 54, but shifted to the left,while the guide is in its most right hand position. Duringthe next twoquarter turns, the

parts return to the original position shown in Fig.-

8, and the same steps are repeated.

After one full coil has been wound, the bolt 34 is removed and thedivider 32 is pulled out of the opening which it has formed in the coil,care being taken however to keep the free end of the wire from theinterior of the coil extending out through the hole. The spindle ispulled out of the finished coil, and this coil is then placed inside thecarrier, and winding is resumed without cutting the wire, until anothercoil has been wound and can likewise be placed in the carrier. This canbe repeated as often as desired, depending on the unbroken lengthdesired. Thus a series o f connected coils is produced. When wire iswithdrawn from the rst coil until it is exhausted, the outer end of thiscoil goes into the opening of the next, and the coils can be drawn offone after the other until the wire is exhausted without kinking ortangling, without the use of reels or other holding equipment, andwithout rotation.

In order to make the removal of the. spindle from the wound coil easier,it is preferably split along a diagonal line 98. The two parts havealigned holes as shown in Fig. l0, the bolt 34- having a shoulder |00which engages the nearer half of the spindle, through which it passesfreely, while it is threaded into the further half of the spindle. Thusthe two parts are held tightly together during winding, but may beeasily pulled apart endwise out of the nished coil as soon as thedivider is removed.

The coil of Figs. 5 to 7 can be wound on the same machine. All that isnecessary for this purpose is to change the ratio of the gears 62. 64,66, 68 so that the guide 54 makes slightly more than, or slightly lessthan one complete reciprocation during each two turns of the spindle.This results in spacing the successive crossovers angularly around thecoil.

When only a single coil is to be wound,- Va .di-`

vider of the type shown in Fig. 14 can be used. This is a simple pin |32with a hole |04 in its free end for holding the starting end f the wire.The pin is secured to the spindle in the 'same man-ner as the bolt 3ddescribed above. Y

Figs. 15 and 16 show still another form of die vider. This is formed oftwo semicircul'ar plates IUS arranged at a small angle to each other andwith a block Hi8 .fixed between them. A bolt ||0 has an enlarged portionnear its head which rests against this block, and its other end isthreaded in the further half of the spindle 26. This will produce anopening of considerable angular extent in the iinished coil throughwhich the wire is withdrawn.

Fig. 17 shows an end plate which may be used for producing coils ofspecial shape. This plate has a part I|2 to be secured on the spindle byset screw IId, and a body portion IIS. The body portion is in the shapeof a portion of a sphere, with its convexity inwardly directed towardsthe coil. A coil wound when such an end piece is used will have itsouter layers wider than its -inner layers, and with certain types ofmaterial will be more substantial when so formed.

For winding flat ilexible material, such as metal strip, rubber tape,ribbon or the like, I p,

prefer to use a special spindle of the type shown in Figs. 18 and 19.This is composed of three parts secured removably on a main spindle 26which is. operated in the saine manner as spindle 26. The three parts|I8, IIS' and |23 are separated along diagonal lines I I2, |24 to permiteasy removal from the finished coil. The outer parts H8, H8 are securedon the spindle by set screws |26, and hold part |28 between them.Divider |28 is removably mounted in the central part |.2l, and has aneye I3@ to which the material to be wound can be secured.

The three parts are shaped to have a complete outside surface oi specialshape. This is composed of two .parts each of generally circularcross-section, but with their axes inclined to each other and to theaxis of the spindle. These axes are indicated at |32 and |35 in Fig. 19.Thus,. when hat material is wound, it forms a coil in general similar tothat of Figs. 1 to 4, that is, one in which each length is formed of afigure 8 with the planes of the successive bights forming angles of lessthan 90 degrees with each other.

Preferably, to form a more substantial coil and to make for easierremoval of the spindle from the nished coil, the two parts of thespindle are not of uniform diameter throughout, but have a diameterwhich increases from the center outward as shown in Fig. 18.

The machine shown in Fig. 2G, is intended to produce a coil havingmultiplex figure 8 windings. in each layer. The term multiplex figure 8is intended tov designate windings in which there are two or morecrossing loops on each side`of` the central point, rather than onlyoneloop as in a normal iigure'. Fig. 24 shows a normal gure 8', havingbights a and b. Fig. 25 shows a multiplex figure 8, yhaving loops c, d,e on one side of the center and loops f, y, h. on the other side. Themachine in general is of a well known type, and as shown is similar tothat disclosed in the Wardwell Patent 480,157. It includes a frame |36having a removable upper part |38 secured to the main frame by iiangesIfile and bolts |42 ('see Fig. 21)'. VThe two frame-parts hold between gthem the spindle which differs from that of the Wardwell patent referredto. The spindle is formed of two parts, |44, |46, divided centrallyalong a slanting line. The two parts are held together by flanges M8having collars |56) provided with set screws |52. A projection or pin|54 is threaded at the center into member Ili.

The remainder of the machine is similar to that of the Wardwell patent.Shaft section M5 carries a gear |56 driven by gears |58, |55 and I' fromshaft I. Shaft |54 carries a drum having a spiral slot 68 in itsperiphery. fIn this slot engages a pin Illl rigid with frame |12slidable by collars iid on rod |16. The frame is further guided by pins|18 engaged in 'slot |86 in cage |82. Frame |72 has an extension inwhich is located an eye for the flexible ma'- terial to be Wound-. Bythis device, the exible material is shifted from one side to the otherof the central pin after each three revolutions of the spindle, Vplus orminus a few degrees, the ratio being changeable through changes in thegearing.

With Vsuch a device, there is produced a Winding of the type shown vinFig. 23, in this case the fraction being plus. This is composed offigure 8s each of which has two multiplex bights which lie on eitherside of hole |92, one bight beginning where line |86 crosses the planeof the hole, continuing through |85 and returning through |83 and |88 toend where I 86 began. The free end |90 of the roll is brought outthrough space |92 formed by the pin |54 during the formation of thecoil, this space being located at the longitudinal center ci the coil.As the free end is Withdrawn,l successive multiplex gure s from thecenter of the core such as are shown in Fig. 25 are pulled out so thatthe twist in one 1eight (composed of three loops) is compensated by thatin the next bight, and the whole arrangement in general is similar tothat shown in the preceding figures.

Fig. 26 shows a connected series of packages which may be produced onthe machine of Figs. 8 to 13. This machine will first produce thel coilor package c1, the inner end ce of which is held at the pin 3.1i..V Whenthis coil has been wound, it is removed and place-d in the carrier ed,the outer end e0 being then heldv at the pin. Package c2 is then woundand placed on the carrier, then packages c3 and c4. It will be notedthat the outer end co of each package extends through the radial holeoropening .into the interior of the next package, and .has as itscontinuation the inner end of the material of such next package.

When the material is to be used, inner end ce of package c1 iswithdrawn, until package c1 is exhausted. The material of package c2will then be withdrawn, and then that of packages c3 and c?. During allthis Withdrawal, there is no rotation of the packages, and no kinkingor' snarling of the material.

, The words small number in the phrase after a predetermined smallnumber of revolutions is intended to include the number one as well assmall ynumbers greater than one.

The invention thus produces a coil from which the4 material can bewithdrawn without any rotation being necessary and still without twistor kinking4 resulting in the running line. This not only simplifies the'paying out of the material but leaves both ends usable so that, if thematerial` be hose or electric wire, it can be in use While being paid4vout or while still in the coil without the addition of extra connectorssuch as slip rings or packed joints.

In addition, a coil of the type described herein offers substantially noresistance to the Withdrawal of the material, so that it can be paid outWithout requiring the use of any heavy pull on the free end. Also, sincethe coil does not rotate as the material is paid out, there is almost nomomentum developed such as might cause back-lash, and no braking means,like those required When drums are used, are needed.

This application is a continuation-in-part of my application SerialNumber 693,441, led August 28, 1946.

Further advantages of the invention will be readily apparent from theforegoing description, and various modifications will readily occur toanyone skilled in the art. Therefore, while I have described herein someembodiments of my invention, I wish it to be clearly understood that Ido not intend to limit myself thereby except Within the scope of theclaims hereto or hereinafter appended.

I claim:

1. A machine for winding flexible material into a coil, comprising aspindle, means to rotate said spindle, said spindle having a projectiontherefrom, means to hold a supply of flexible material, means to causesuch relative movement between said material from such supply and thespindle as to cause said material after a pre-determined small number ofrevolutions of the spindle to shift from side to side of saidprojection, whereby to wind said material on the spindle in the form ofa series of lengths each forming at least one ligure 8, and a carrierfor Wound coils mounted on said projection to turn with respect theretoabout an axis generally radial to the spindle axis adjacent saidprojection.

2. A machine for Winding flexible material into a coil, comprising aspindle, means to rotate said spindle, said spindle having a projectiontherefrom, means to hold a supply of flexible material, means to causesuch relative movement between the spindle and material from such supplyas to cause the material after a predetermined small number ofrevolutions of the spindle to shift from side to side of saidprojection, whereby to wind said material on the spindle in the form ofa series of lengths each forming at least one gure 8, a carrier forwound coils mounted on said projection to turn with respect theretoabout an axis generally radial to the spindle axis adjacent saidprojection, and means to shift said carrier to keep it on the side ofthe projection opposite the side on which material is being fed to thespindle.

3. A machine for Winding flexible material into a coil, comprising aspindle, means to rotate said spindle, said spindle having a projectiontherefrom, means to hold a supply of flexible material, means to guidematerial from said supply to the spindle, said guiding means causing thematerial to shift from one side to the other of said projection at eachrevolution of the spindle, whereby to Wind the material on the spindlein a series of lengths each forming a gure 8, and a carrier for woundcoils pivoted on said projection to turn with respect to the spindleabout an axis generally radial to the axis of the spindle.

4. A machine for Winding flexible material into a coil, comprising aspindle, means to rotate said spindle, said spindle having a projectiontherefrom, means to hold a supply of flexible material, means to guidematerial from said supply to the spindle, said means causing thematerial to shift from side to side of said projection after apredetermined small number of vrevolutions of the spindle, whereby toWind the material on the spindle in a series of lengths each forming atleast one figure 8, a carrier for wound coils pivoted on said projectionto turn With respect to the spindle about an axis generally radial tothe axis of the spindle, and means to shift said carrier to keep it onthe side of the projection opposite the side on which material is beingfed to the spindle.

5. In a machine as claimed in claim 4, said projection and carrier beingremovable from the spindle.

6. A machine for winding flexible material into a coil, comprising aspindle, means to rotate said spindle, said spindle having a projectiontherefrom, means to hold a supply of flexible material, means to guidematerial from such supplyto the spindle, said guiding means causing thematerial to shift from one side to the other of the projection at eachrevolution of the spindle, whereby to wind the material on the spindlein a series of lengths each forming a gure 8, an arm pivoted on saidprojection to turn With respect thereto about an axis generally radialto the axis of the spindle, and extending to one side of the spindle, acarrier for Wound coils on said arm, and cam members in the path of saidcarrier as it rotates with the spindle to engage the carrier and shiftit at each revolution of the spindle to the side of the projectionopposite the side on which material is being fed to the spindle.

7. In a machine as claimed in claim 6, said projection and carrier beingremovable from the spindle.

WALTER P. TAYLOR, J R.

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